How to identify wrong data in millions of records?

prasadk432 · New User Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 9 Location: Gurgaon

This is an interview question from Perot Systems?

enrico-sorichetti

what do the idiots consider wrong data ??

the number of records is irrelevant

prasadk432 · New User Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 9 Location: Gurgaon

Idiots will idiot words.You are a big idiot.See if file has a numeric data instead for nonnumeric data that job will abend.Please tell how to identify that bad data

Craq Giegerich

enrico-sorichetti

are You perchance referring to me as an idiot ??

prasadk432 · New User Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 9 Location: Gurgaon

No..No...

enrico-sorichetti

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject:

This entire thread should be eliminated.

enrico-sorichetti

Agree on that, Phil,,

maybe it' s my fault but I have the bad habit of reacting strongly to stupid/misleading questions

I imagine the poor candidate anxious for the opportunity for a new job
being questioned/examined not on his/her skills but rather
on the speed of reaction to stupid questions,
that' not interviewing but rather horse betting

I remember my - almost flunked - algebra exam in college when I was asked..
write down an array ...
and I kept asking myself what in h**l he wanted and after a while
the examiner began writing for me ...

prasadk432 · New User Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 9 Location: Gurgaon

what is stupid in it? An input file contains a millions of records if it contains bad data and processed in next job and if job gets abended.how to find the bad data.See mistakes are done by human to forgive is divine.

stodolas · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

There are many ways to check for bad data. Write a COBOL program, write an EZTrieve program, write an assembler program, etc.

prasadk432 · New User Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 9 Location: Gurgaon

what logic we have to code if we use cobol pgm since file contains so many columns.

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

Phrzby Phil · Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

Again - this is the most ridiculous thread I've seen here.

I had a client years ago to whom I gave a gag gift of a keyboard with all the buttons removed and replaced with one huge paper mache button that simply said "DO IT".

acevedo · Active User Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 260 Location: Spain